/stɑ:v ||; stɑrv/verb [I,T] to suffer or die because you do not have enough food to eat; to make sb/sth suffer or die in this way （使）饥饿，饿死: Millions of people are starving in the poorer countries of the world. 在世界上的贫穷国家里，有数以百万计的人正在挨饿。That winter many animals starved to death. 那年冬天许多动物饿死。 be starved of sth to suffer because you are not getting enough of sth that you need 缺乏（某事物）: The children had been starved of love and affection for years. 孩子们多年来都没有得到关爱。 be starving(informal 非正式) to be extremely hungry 非常饥饿